3 Ways To Fix Your Nonprofit’s Cash Flow Issues

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor
Image of a nonprofit leaders holding several 100 dollar bills to represent a nonprofit's cash flow

Nothing gets a board’s attention more than having to tap into that LINE OF CREDIT again this year because of cash flow.

 

Well, if you’ve wondered if fundraising can fix your CASH FLOW, you’re asking the right question. For years it's been a top 3 concern among nonprofits leaders I work with.

 

If you know you know…

📆Reimbursement from Gov Grants are ridiculously slow (or, now cut)

📆Program $$ float you for 10 months (but month 11 & 12 are another story)

📆Project-based money is great for THAT project but $ restrictions cause other problems (hello, payroll)

 

So, can your fundraising team fix your cash flow issues? 
👍🏼Yep.

 

And, can they help prevent tapping into your line of credit every year? 
👍🏼Yep.


Can your cash flow get fixed with traditional fundraising activities like appeals, events, and campaigns?
👎🏼Nope.


Your nonprofit’s cash flow will get fixed ONLY if you:

1. Create an honest multi-year, needs-based budget as your north star

2. Use a high-ROI funding model to influence every aspect of your business that touches revenue

3. Equip your team to attract, lead, and secure large unrestricted gifts

 

Can I be blunt?

All of this advice means your fundraising team MUST know how to have investment-level conversations. They must answer the numbers questions well. Intimately know your finances. Understand your multi-year projections. 

 

But, I rarely see this. I see too many fundraisers depending on emotional appeals. The story. The heart-strings.

 

They must do that too. But, investment-level donors need more. 

 

Fix this and you’ll see the millions of dollars you’ve been leaving on the table. Fix this and you fix your cash flow. Fix this and you'll diversify funds and attract larger unrestricted gifts. Apply here to get help fixing this.

Whenever you’re ready, here are THREE things you can do next:

👣 Follow me on LinkedIn where I share insider info daily — the same lessons I teach my clients about attracting larger gen-ops dollars and diversifying revenue. 

🍎 Grab FREE Guides + White Papers — download robust resources you can use to push against the sector’s misconceptions, equip your board, and shift your team into High-ROI fundraising.

📈 Work with me to diversify revenue & secure the gen-ops gifts you need to grow. If you’re a business-minded nonprofit CEO with big growth plans but need to make charitable revenue from investment-level donors a bigger part of your budget, you can apply to work with me here.

Sherry Quam Taylor

Sherry Quam Taylor works with business-minded Nonprofit CEOs whose Strategic Plans require expansive budgets and larger amounts of general-operating revenue for growth. To become investment-level ready, Sherry helps leaders see their revenue potential and helps them see what may be blocking donors from giving in this way. Sherry’s clients know how to attract larger donors by solving the funding challenges at the root of the issue.

As a result of learning her methodology, Sherry’s clients become sustainable, diversify revenue, and know how to add significant amounts gen-ops revenue to their budgets. But mostly, their development departments and board have transformed into high-ROI revenue generators – aligning their hours with relational dollars and set free from the limitations of transactional fundraising.

Sherry attributes the success of her business to her passion for modeling radical confidence to the future CEOs in her house - her two college-aged daughters.

https://www.QuamTaylor.com
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